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Registration is Tuesday for PISD summer camps

Special to the PRESS   The Port Isabel Athletic Department will offer a summer camp program for the children of Port Isabel. All camps will be held at the high school campus. The camp schedule is as follows: * Track (June 9-27): 8 to 10 a.m. ;grades K-12 * Volleyball (June 9-12): 10 a.m. to …

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Primary run-offs are Tuesday

BY Sasha Heller Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com   Editor’s Note: This is a corrected version of a story that printed in this week’s PRESS.   Run-offs for the Cameron County Primary Election are set for Tuesday for citizens throughout Laguna Vista, Port Isabel and South Padre Island. Early voting has been ongoing all week and will …

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Memorial Day Parade, services Monday

BY Sasha Heller Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com   The cities of Laguna Vista and Port Isabel will each host Memorial Day services on Monday to honor those who have fallen in combat serving in the U.S. armed forces. The Laguna Vista Memorial Day Parade will assemble at 5 p.m. on Broadway and will travel on Farm …

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A LIFE AND LOVE RENEWED: Local author publishes book poetry

BY Sasha Heller Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com   Aspiring wordsmiths are taught to “write what they know,” so when local author Rudy Garcia sat down to pen, “Life Renewed,” he looked to the center of his universe, the love of his life — and the only love he’s ever known — his wife, Rita — for …

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Firefighters Association to petition for collective bargaining

  BY Sasha Heller editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Residents on the Island may hear an unfamiliar knock at their doors on June 1. But they need not be alarmed, as it’ll likely be their local firefighters stopping by, clipboard in hand, seeking signatures for a petition. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre …

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Turtle Ball enjoys strong community support

  BY Pamela Cody Special to the PRESS The extended, sea turtle community came out in full force on Saturday for the annual Caguama Pachanga and Turtle Ball, held at Casa Mariposa and showed their support for the beloved sea creatures. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition …

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School Board announces grievance decisions

BY Pamela Cody Special to the PRESS   With the room filled to capacity and overflowing into the hallway, and increased security with at least four police officers on guard both inside and in the parking lot, the atmosphere at Tuesday’s Point Isabel Independent School District (PISD) Board meeting was tense with many parents of …

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Seniors win Powderpuff game

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS A friend once said that when you’ve done something for a second time you can start calling it a tradition. Last Friday night, the second annual Port Isabel High Powderpuff Football Game was held at Tarpon Stadium and it is now, officially, a tradition. The result was the …

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Three sea turtle nests discovered

Staff Report Officials with Sea Turtle Inc. (STI) announced this week that three Kemp’s Ridley nests have been found on the Island, officially signaling the start of nesting season on South Padre Island. Around 9:30 a.m., Monday, May 12 ATV patroller Alex Echinberg found the first Kemp’s Ridley nest about 7 1/2 miles north of …

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Sargassum buildup benefits dune system

BY Sasha Heller editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The beaches of South Padre Island are currently inundated with an historic level of sargassum, or “gulfweed,” and while it may seem unsightly, the massive amount of seaweed actually nourishes the beaches and the ecosystem that inhabits it. SPI Coastal Resources Manager Reuben Trevino on Tuesday explained the significance of the …

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